pana
Pronunciation | /ˈpa |
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Usage | 2024: Core (100% → )2023: Core (100% ↗︎ )2022: Core (99%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F194C |
pana is a core content word relating to giving and emitting.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The etymology of the word pana is unclear. Possibilities include Finnish panna ("to put, to set"), and Swahili pana ("to give to each other").[1]
Semantic space[edit | edit source]
The semantic space of pana includes an act of giving or emitting. lipamanka describes pana more broadly as "acts that set objects in motion".[2]
tomo pali li pana e kon seli iketomo pali li pana e kon seli ike.
The factory is emitting greenhouse gases.
pana can also refer to that which is given off.
pana len li lon anpa kasipana len li lon anpa kasi.
Wrapped gifts are under the tree.
pu[edit | edit source]
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines pana as:
VERB to give, send, emit, provide, put, release
ku[edit | edit source]
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as pana:[3]
give5, offer2 , input2 , emission2 , lend2 , supply2 , release2 , pour2 , publish2 , provision2 , gift2 , export2 , shared2 , serve2 , spend2 , spread2 , attach2 , administer2 , devote2 , serving2 , donation2 , contribution2 , added2 , post2 , toss2 , apply2 , transmission2 , present2 , bring2 , add2 , install2 , show2 , introduce2 , dedicate2 , exhibit2 , insert2, put5 , deliver5 , grant5 , delivery5 , send4 , submit4 , provide4 , transfer4 , distribute4 , distribution3 , donate3 , appoint3 , contribute3 , output3 , given3 , publishing3 , yield3 , share3 , offering3 , assign3 , deploy3 , deposit3 , convey3
sitelen pona[edit | edit source]
The sitelen pona glyph for pana () is composed of the hand shape of luka (compare kepeken, moku, pali) with emitters above (compare kalama, seli, sona, toki).
sitelen sitelen[edit | edit source]
The sitelen sitelen glyph for pana (pana) could depict a right hand with the thumb separate from the other fingers wihch are clumped together.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Moniz, C. Ryan (jan inwin); van der Meulen, Spencer H. (jan Pensa); lipamanka. (8 October 2020). "nimi ale pona (2nd ed.)". Google Docs.
- ↑ lipamanka. "toki pona dictionary". lipamanka.gay.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 314.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- "pana" on lipu Linku
- "pana" on lipu Wikipesija
- "pana" on English Wiktionary